Parking Battle Brewing In Upscale Port Washington

LIRR commuters have staked a claim to nearby roads in Port Washington, annoying the heck out of the residents. (Photo: CBS 2)

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — If you live in New York City you know all about alternate side of the street parking, enabling streets to be cleaned.

But residents in one Long Island community could soon see their own version of the rule for a completely different reason, reports CBS 2’s John Slattery.

In the upscale community of Port Washington, its Long Island Rail Road station is so popular, the parking lots fill up early, and there is restricted parking on many of the streets. So, dozens of commuters use the street and several others farther away because they can park there all day. Barry Loeb lives on Jeanette Drive.

“These are all, except for one car, commuter cars,” Loeb said, pointing things out for Slattery.